Pilot Study of a Screen-Free Week: Exploration of Changes in Parent and Child Screen Time, Parent Well-Being and Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relationship Quality

Figure 1

Conceptual framework of how intervening in screen use could directly impact parent screen use, parent attitudes, parent-child play, and the parenting of child screen use, which could then influence change in child screen use, parent mental health, and the parent-child relationship. Note: all interrelated paths are not illustrated here as these processes are intricately connected from moment-to-moment within families and individuals. Instead, the figure is simplified to show our broad conceptualization of how changing screen use habits could have effects on many parent, child, and family processes.